By Our Correspondent Barely two months to the exit of his administration, Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has sworn-in 15 members into his cabinet to help wind down his administration. The new executive members are: Mr. Tanko Ashang – Commissioner for Works, Mr. Attah Ochinke who was returned as Attorney General and Commissioner
By Archibong Jeremiah Men of the Nigeria Police, Ikot Nakanda Akpabuyo Local Government Area Division yesterday detained one Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Orji of phase 1, block 29, house No. 5 CROSPIL Estate Akpabuyo, Cross River State for physically and emotionally assaulting their 11 months old baby (name withheld) on several occasions over accusations that
By Our Correspondent All is not well with civil servants in the employ of the Cross River State Government as for the second month running, they are yet to be paid their monthly emoluments. Workers in the State were last paid December, 2014 salaries and are being owed January and February, 2015 salaries with no
By Our Editorial Team The land of Cross River State is very beautiful and so is the ineffable munificence which the Creator has so graciously endowed the ethnic nationalities, tribes and people which he has created and placed there. The many bodies of waters, lush and green forests stretching from the southern part of the
By Sylvia Etta Cross River State in 2007, when former governor, Mr. Donald Duke was leaving had accrued a total debt of 80 Billion Naira which was largely borrowed to finance the construction of Obudu Cattle ranch and the Tinapa Resort which has now failed and has been taken over by the Asset Management Company
By Albert Albert As days pass by, it is becoming clear that all is not well with the way the State is presently being run by the State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke. Information reaching CrossRiverWatch indicate that apart from the non-payment of the salaries of civil servants in the state which has entered its third
By Our Correspondent Cross River State Government, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday launched and disbursed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund (MSMEDF) to 700 enterprises in the state. The disbursement exercise which was carried out in Calabar, the state capital, through the Cross River State Micro-finance and Enterprise
By Laureta Akpan The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has noted that credible election is not all about security but how INEC can handle a credible election. According to him, no registered voter should be prevented from casting their votes by INEC on account of not having the Permanent Voters Card. The governor